Firefighters found about two dozen bibles in the rubble of Freedom Ministries after the church burned down Sunday in Daniels, W.Va.
About 20 Bibles survived a fire at Freedom Ministries Church on Sunday in Daniels, W.Va. By Lindsey Bever Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 5 at 2:57 PM Within hours, the small West Virginia church where the Rev. Phil Farrington and his congregation had worshiped for the past several years was gone.
Firefighters from several departments worked for hours to beat the blaze — as the flames swallowed the structure and smoke billowed high into the air. Fire officials said the structure sustained heavy damage. But when it was over and firefighters were combing through the rubble, they uncovered church possessions that had survived: Bibles.
Farrington said he sees it as a sign from God that nearly two dozen Bibles were untouched, as were three crosses — two wooden crosses on the walls inside the church and one on the rooftop made of stone.[A Virgin Mary statue has been ‘weeping’ olive oil. Church leaders can’t explain it.] Melinda Bouma, publisher for Zondervan Bibles, which publishes several million NIV Bibles around the world each year, said that the Bibles — just like any other books — are flammable. “There is nothing in the production process that would protect them from fire,” she told The Post.
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